How Sith Ideology CORRUPTED Every Level of the Imperial Military

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The Jedi lost because they saw no enemy when there was one. The Sith lost because all they saw were enemies when there were none.

To think about it, the Imperial Officers use Sith culture. They are ambitious, backstab and went over each other's heads to gain ranks.

I worked at a 'tech giant' that openly fostered a 'shark-tank' mentality for a time. Not just fierce competition between Groups that should be working together, but rivalries between Group members as well. For a time, the only way to be sure of your job was to rat-out someone else for slacking. "Your section has yet to name their least productive member. One employee will therefore be randomly selected for dismissal." Nobody cared if the real work was getting done, everyone was scrambling to not get fired. After about a year of this unproductive nonsense, we went back to making Software. Not saying it was Microsoft, but it was.

I'm reminded of Solo, where literally a guy no one knows, who never gives his name, and never show's credentials, orders the death of a subordinate for no stated reason and his comrades go through with trying to execute him with no argument. In reality, even if Han was hated by his fellow army troopers, they'd still probably just shoot the officer and declare it the action of an "enemy sniper".

There is even a "What if theory." That if the remaining Jedi and rebellion didn't retaliated against the empire. The Empire would eventually just kill each other just to obtain the sit of power within their own ranks, dominance, control, a higher pay grade and etc.

Not to mention how Tarkin, in full embrace of the dumbest Sith ideology; helped the rebels on Lothal. He executed two officers for failing and promised more...then he failed himself. To capture a single Jedi he let the rebels capture a communications tower and then blew it up, but only after they used it to send a message that caused unrest not only on the planet, but else where, if I remember correctly. And then he failed to keep the Jedi and even lost his own Star Destroyer in the process and pretty much turned the one member of the imperial admininstration ,who was not feeding the rebels new recruits, into a scapegoat. I think he pretty much is the reason the rebellion even existed and people like him. If you cared for the people under imperial rule you got eliminated and replaced by a monster, who drove people to resist.

Palpatine: has statues of famous sith thinkers in his office Jedi: who could possibly be the mysterious sith master

That Rule of Two really works. Especially when the master makes it a point to hamstring his apprentices because he thinks he can be immortal...

I love how the empire basically showed that Palpatine while understanding some flaws of the sith failed to see the core problem with them and his restructuring was swapping one problem out with another

Heck, Thrawn had to battle his fellow Imperial officers in space combat, because one of them (or a couple of em) were traitors and were corrupt; they were trying to sabotage the work of, and or kill other Imperial officers while working with smugglers and the like, they were probably just trying to cheat their way to the top. One of the officers that were targeted was Director Krennic, he was working on Geonosis at the time I believe (on the Death Star construction) and Thrawn basically had to save his life from an attempted assassination. This was from one of the newer Thrawn novels.

I love that comic where Tarkin has that fantasy sequence of brawling and killing incompetent men under his command defines him perfectly only someone as sick in the head as tarkin or even dictators from past real history have thoughts like this

Nah it failed because palatine put his throne room above a space stations reactor 💀

You know what I hate seeing in the Empire? Officers and Stormtroopers with cool hair. The system that banned individuality in a way that Kamino would've loved, wouldn't allow officers or other personnel to have cool hair. It's the Empire, not the Prussian Cavalry.

Honestly, one Sith that might stand out from the stupidity of Sith practices while still maintaining their values was Lana Beniko in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Lana herself believed in the value of anger fueling power and the Force serving her rather than being an ally, but she wasn't a power-hungry sadistic tyrant like her Sith coworkers. She was efficient and loyal to her commanders, but calm and pragmatic, even merciful when there was no need for prejudice. She had the tactical and diplomatic savvy to find the best possible scenario in difficult situations, and viewed public support and morale as a strength necessary to maintain unit cohesion rather than a weakness. She valued life, and valued beneficial results above personal gain. She even disdained the idea of holding a Darth title, or any title. That's what made her the ideal person to advise the 3rd party faction separate from the Jedi and Sith (Eternal Alliance). If the Sith were more like Lana Beniko, they might've had a chance of surviving.

It's even further displayed by Palpatine aka Darth Sidious Empire. When all the Jedi were in hiding, defeated and outnumbered. With the galaxy under complete control under Palpatine. Only cause eventual backstabbing, infighting, betrayal and etc. Just like the Sith order and Sith philosophy. History itself even proven that a dictators doesn’t last long in the world. When you got your officers and generals killing one another. Using fear and manipulation to get rid of the competition.

Didn't realize Palpatine had literal Sith statues in and around his office. Nobody noticed at all?

The Jedi believe in control over themselves and freedom for everyone else. The Sith believe in freedom for themselves and control over everyone else

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Palpatine got too greedy. His obsessed lust for power ultimately kills him. The sith will never learn.

Ultimately, a new, grey Jedi code would probably be best for the Star Wars universe. One that eliminates the disadvantages of both the Jedi and Sith codes, and combines their advantages. One that encourages competition and strength, but also compassion and honour, and discourages senseless violence but also discourages passivity in the face of evil.